Featured Stories

April 7, 2020

During this time of immense stress and uncertainty, Career Trek would like to take a moment to thank all individuals who are working tirelessly on the frontlines to ensure we are safe and remain healthy. Thank you to every individual involved in our healthcare system, in our emergency and essential services; thank you to the grocery store staff, to truck drivers; to business owners using their facilities to meet the demands and create much needed supplies for our hospitals and emergency personnel. Thank you.

As we enter the fourth week of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Career Trek offices in Winnipeg, Brandon and The Pas will remain closed until further notice. However, we at Career Trek are still very active and working from our homes as we use this time to plan and prepare for the next stage of our programs and organization.

We have also taken some very exciting steps to further grow and develop our organization. Recently, we welcomed Allison Kirkland as our new Director of Programs. Previously Allison filled the role as Program Manager, Winnipeg Region and brings vast experience with programming at a multitude of non-profits in Winnipeg. We also added Kyle Mason as our new Director of Development. Kyle brings nearly twenty years of non-profit management and fundraising experience to this new role, as he leads our efforts in growing public awareness and general support. We are very excited to have Allison and Kyle join our amazing team of gifted staff as we take Career Trek to new heights.

With a pause in our current programming, Career Trek staff – both full-time and part-time – are using the time to develop online activities related to career exploration that we are posting on our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). Staff are taking a deep dive into our programming and curriculum – updating training material, creating and updating lessons; and we are making plans to continue the work we started to expand programs to other regions in the province. While we are unsure at this point if we can resume any of our programs, rest assured we will be ready for our regular program launch in the fall.

We
continue to monitor the situation surrounding COVID-19 and are making decisions
about our offices and programming based on new information from our public
health officials.

On behalf of Career Trek staff
and its Board of Directors, I would like to thank all of our participants,
families, partners and funders for your continued support of and belief in the
work we do. We can’t do what we do without you. We are all in this together. Thank
you.

Respectfully,

Rhonda TaylorCEO – Career Trek

Inspiring Stories

May 26, 2020

My project for this year was with Career Trek and basically I have been taking all of CT’s old photos the had in boxes and archive them. For those who don’t know archive is basically, taking older artifacts and putting them in one place and organizing them.

After I archived the photos, I started working on the timeline you’ve been reading. I started to contact people who had gone through CT and interview them on what their experience was like, and how the things they learned at CT help them today.

I’ve really enjoyed working on this project and it’s been really fun learning about the amazing things CT does, especially after being in the program when I was younger, and how they’re giving kids the opportunity to learn about different careers at a young age. It’s important for kids to know what opportunities are available for them.

May 19, 2017

Chantelle Dubois was just 10 years old when a teacher matter-of-factly told her that she would be going to Career Trek on Saturdays.

“I was in grade six and I remember just being told ‘oh you’re going to go to this program Career Trek’,” says Chantelle. “I don’t remember there being any build up or discussion, it was just like ‘here you go’.”